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VG COMMANDS
lsvg
lsvg -o
lsvg rootvg
lsvg -l rootvg
lsvg -o |lsvg -il
lsvg -p rootvg
mkvg -s 8 hdisk1
mkvg -s 8 -y sivg hdisk1
mkvg -s 4 -t 2 -y sivg hdisk1
chvg -a y newvg
chvg -a n newvg
chvg -t 2 newvg
chvg -Q n newvg
reorgvg newvg
extendvg newvg hdisk3 hdisk4
exportvg newvg
importvg -V 44 -y newvg hdisk2
redcucevg newvg hdisk3
varyoffvg newvg
varyonvg newvg
syncvg -v sivg
mirrorvg -S -m sivg hdisk2
unmirrorvg sivg hdisk2

Display all VGs

Display all active VGs
Display info about rootvg
Display info about all LVs in rootvg
Display info about all LVs in all VGs
Display info about all PVs in rootvg
Create VG with name vgxx on hdisk1 with partition size 8MB
Create VG with name sivg on hdisk1 with partition size 8MB
Create sivg on hdisk1 with PP size 4 and no of partion 2 * 1016
To cuase VG newvg automatically activated at startup
To deactivate the automatic activation at startup
To change maximum no. of PP to 2032 on vg newvg
To disable quorum on VG newvg
Reorganises PP allocation of VG newvg
Add PV hdisk3 and hdisk4 to VG newvg
Exports the VG newvg
Import the hdisk2 with name newvg, and assign major number 44
Remove PV hdisk3 from VG newvg
To deactviate VG newvg
To activate VG newvg
To sync the mirrored LV in the VG sivg
To mirror LVs of sivg with hdisk2 (-m for exact mirror, -S
forbackground mirror)
To remove the mirrored PV from the set.

FS COMMANDS
lsfs
Lists all filesystems in the /etc/filesystems entry
lsfs -q
List all filesystems with detailed info
lsfs -a
To list all filesystems (default)
lsfs -l
Specify the output in list format
lsfs -c
Specify the output in column format
lsfs -v jfs
Lists all jfs filesystems
chfs -a size=24576 /si
Change size of FS /si to 24576 x 512 bytes blocks (12 MB)
chfs -a size=+24576 /si
Add 24576 x 512 byte blocks to FS /si
chfs -m /si /bi
Change the mount point from /si to /bi
chfs -A /si
To auto mount the filesystem si
chfs -d account /si
Remove account attribute of /si. ( from /etc/filesystems file)
chfs -a splitcopy=/backup -a copy=2 /oracle This will mount the 2nd copy of mirrored filesystem
oracle to /backup in read-only mode
crfs -v jfs -g testvg -a size=64465 -m /siju Creates FS /siju of type jfs in VG testvg of blocksize
64465
crfs -v jfs -d /dev/lv00 -m /siju
Create FS /siju of type jfs on device /dev/lv00
rmfs /siju
Deletes FS /siju and associated LV
rmfs -r /siju
Deletes FS /siju its mount point and associated LV
defragfs /sifs
To defragment the file system /sifs
defragfs -q /sifs
Display the current defrag status of the file system
fsck -y n /dev/lv00
To fsck the filesystem associated to /dev/lv00 assuming response "yes"
fsck -p /dev/lv00
To restore superblock from backup superblock
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PV COMMANDS
lspv hdisk0
Display status and characteristics of the PV
lspv -p hdisk0
Display PP usage of hdisk0
lspv -l hdisk0
To list all logical volumes on PV hdisk0
chpv -v r hdisk1
Close the PV (Used while removing PV without varyon)
chpv -v a hdisk1
Open the PV
chpv -c hdisk0
Clear the master boot record on PV hdisk0
migratepv hdisk1 hdisk2
To move PPs from PV hdisk1 to hdisk2
migratepv -l silv hdisk1 hdisk2
To migrate LV silv from PV hdisk1 to hdisk2
LV COMMANDS
lslv -l lv00
Display info about LV by PV
lslv -p hdisk1
Display LV allocation map for hdisk1
chlv -t copy lv00
To change the lv00 to copy type
chlv -p r lv00
To change the lv00 to readonly mode
rmlv silv
To remove silv
rmlv -f silv
To remove silv without user intervention
mklv -s n -c 3 silv hdisk1
To make LV silv with three copies on hdisk1
extendlv silv 5
To extend the LV silv with 5 LPs
mklvcopy -s n lvsi 2 hdisk1 To mirror LV lvsi on same PV with 2 copies
mklvcopy lvsi 3 hdisk1 hdisk2
To mirror LV lvsi on PV hdisk1 and hdisk2 with 3 copies
rmlvcopy lvsi 2 hdisk1
Will remove one copy of LV lsvi from hdisk1
mklv -t jfslog -y log00 newvg 2
To create a jfslog with name log00 on VG newvg with 2LPs
logform /dev/log00
To format jfslog volume log00
BLV COMMANDS
bootlist -m normal -o
To see the boot sequence in normal mode
bootlist -m service -o
To see the boot sequence in service mode
bootlist -m normal cd0 hdisk0
To change boot sequence to cd0,hdisk0 in normal mode
bootlist -m service cd0 rmt0 hdisk0 To change boot sequence to cd0,rmt0,hdisk0 in service mode
bosboot -ad /dev/hdisk1
To create boot image on PV hdisk1
mkboot -cd /dev/hdisk1
To clear the boot image
bootinfo -b
Specifies the bootable disk
bootinfo - t
Specifies the type of boot
bootinfo -e
Check the machine can boot from tape
bootinfo -T
To see the machine type
bootinfo -s hdisk0
To see the size of hdisk0
bootinfo -r
To see the size of memory
PAGE SPACE COMMANDS
lsps -a
lsps hd6
chps -a y paging00
chps -a n paging00
chps -s4 paging00
mkps -a -n -s4 sivg
rmps paging00

To list out all paging spaces

To display the details of the paging space hd6
To turn on the paging space paging00
To turn off the paging space paging00
To increase the size of the paging space in 4 LP blocks
To create a paging space on VG sivg of 4 LP size (-s4) and activate it
immediately (-n) and activate it at every restarts
To remove the paging space paging00
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swapon -a
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To invoke all entries in /etc/swapspaces file
To make available swap space paging00

SYSTEM DUMP COMMANDS

sysdumpdev -l
To list the current dump destination
sysdumpdev -L
List the details of the previous dump
sysdumpstart -p
Starts dump in the primary dump device
sysdumpstart -s
Starts dump in the secondary dump device
sysdumpdev -p /dev/lv00
To make lv00 as primary dump device
sysdumpdev -P -p /dev/lv00 To make lv00 as primary dump device permanently
sysdumpdev -s /dev/rmt0
To make rmt0 as secondary dump device
sysdumpdev -z
To determine a new system dump occurred
Device related commands
cfgmgr
cfgmgr -l vscsi0
lscfg
lscfg -l mem0
lscfg -l ent*
lscfg -v
lscfg -v -l hdisk0
mkdev -l rmt0
lsdev -P
lsdev -P -c disk
lsdev -P -r class
lsdev -P -r subclass
lsdev -C
lsdev -C -l mem0
chdev -l sys0 -a maxproc=100
chdev -l rmt0 -a blocksize=512
chdev -l rmt0 -a ret=no
rmdev -l rmt0
rmdev -d -l rmt0
rmdev -l rmt0 -S
lsparent -C -k rs232
lsparent -C -l hdisk0
lsattr -Dl rmt0
lsattr -El rmt0
lsattr -El tty0 -a login -R
lsconn -p scsi0
lvlstmajor
mknod /dev/null c 2 2

To configure devices and installs device software in system

To configure the components connected to the vscsi0 interface
To display config, diagnostics and vital product definition info
Display info about device mem0
Display info about all Ethernet cards
Display vpd
Display vpd of hdisk0
To change device rmt0 from defined state to available state
To lists all supported devices
To list all supported disks
To display supported class
To display all sub class
To lists all configured devices
To display the properties of mem0
To change default maxproc value to 100
To change the block size to 512
To avoid tape retension
To remove the device rmt0
To remove the device totally from database
To change the state of the device stopped
To display possible parent devices which accept rs232 devices
To display parent devices which accept child device hdisk0
To see the default values of the device rmt0
To see the current values of the device rmt0
To see all possible values of the login attribute of tty0
To list all possible connection scsi0 can accept
To list the available major numbers
Create null device with major (2) and minor (2) nos. (c - char
device)

Console emulation commands

lscons
lscons -b
chcons /dev/tty3

To list the current console

To list the console at next boot
To change the console to tty3

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chcons -a login=enable /dev/tty3
swcons /dev/tty3

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Redirect console to tty3 and provide login prompt
To change system console to tty3 temporarily

Installation specific commands

lslpp -l
lslpp -ha bos.net.*
lslpp -f bos.rte
lslpp -w /etc/hosts
lslpp -p bos.net.nfs.server
installp -L -d /dev/rmt0.1
installp -aX -d /dev/rmt0.1 bos.net
requires
installp -u bos.net
installp -r
installp -c -f <product>
installp -C
lppchk -c <product>
instfix -k IX9999 -d /dev/rmt0.1
instfix -ik IX9999

To see the details of installed file sets

To list the installation history of all file set in bos.net packages
To list the files in the bos.rte package
To list the file set which contain /etc/hosts file
To list the pre requisites for bos.net.nfs.server file set
To list the installable products on the device rmt0
To install all filesets within bos.net and expands file system if it
To remove bos.net
To reject the applied software
To commit the <product>
To cleanup an incomplete installation
To check the <product>
To install the file set associated with fix IX9999 from rmt0
To verify fix IX9999 installed

Network related commands

host ibm
Resolve ibm to ip address (from /etc/hosts file)
hostname ibm
To change the host name to ibm
entstat en0
To the status of ethernet device en0
entstat -d en0
To list the detailed status of device en0
no -a
To list all net configurable attributes and their values
no -d thewall
To change thewall parameter to its default value
no -o ipforwarding=1
To make the machine as router in tcpip networks
traceroute ibm
To trace the route to ibm
ping ibm
To tcp ping to the machine ibm
ifconfig -a
To show the status of all network interfaces
ifconfig en0
To show the status of en0
ifconfig en0 up
Turns on network card en0
ifconfig en0 down
Turns off network card en0
ifconfig en0 detach
Removes en0 card from the network interface list
ifconfig en0 inet 194.35.52.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 up Configure en0 starts immediately
ifconfig en0 alias 195.60.60.1
Create alias ip address for en0
route add 0 192.100.13.7
To make 192.100.13.7 as default gateway for entire network
route add 192.100.12.0 192.100.13.7
To make 13.7 as gateway for 12.0 network
route -f
To clear the gateway table
chdev -l inet0 -a hostname=si
To change the host name to si permanently
netstat -a
To show the state of all sockets
netstat -c
To show the network buffers cache
netstat -D
To show the net drops of packets
netstat -i
To display interface statistics
netstat -r
To show the routing table
netstat -rn
To show routing table (ip will be given instead of host names)
netstat -s
To show the statistics of the protocols
netstat -s -p < tcp/udp/ipv6>
To show the statistics of respective protocols

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Space usage commands

du -k
du -l
du -s
df -i
df -k
df g

To list number of bytes in 1k blocks

To list number of bytes in 512 bytes blocks
To list only the total disk usage in the current directory
To display no of free and used inodes
To display diskspace in 1024 bytes format
To display size of disk .

Backup commands
mksysb -i -X /dev/rmt0
mksysb -m /dev/rmt0
mksysb -e /dev/rmt0

Creates image.data and system backup (-X expands /tmp if

required)
Creates image.data file with map file and system backup
Creates system data but excludes the files listed in
/etc/exclude.rootvg
Creates /image.data file
Creates system boot backup to the CD-R device /dev/cd1
Creates backup of vg vg00 to CD-R device /dev/cd1
Creates generic boot backup
Creates vg00.data image file and backup vg vg00
Creates vg00 backup but excludes files listed in the

mkszfile
mkcd -d /dev/cd1
mkcd -d /dev/cd1 -v vg00
mkcd -d /dev/cd1 -G
savevg -i -f /dev/rmt0 vg00
savevg -ef /dev/rmt0 vg00
/etc/exclude.vg00
find / -print | backup -ivf /dev/rmt0 Backup entire system to rmt0
backup -0vf /dev/rmt0 /home
Backup /home directory to rmt0 with backup level 0
restore -Tvf /dev/rmt0
List the archive in rmt0
restore -xvf /dev/rmt0 /home
Restore /home from archive in device rmt0
find ./home -print |cpio -ocvumB > /dev/rmt0
Archives /home directory
cpio -icvdumB < /dev/rmt0
Restores cpio archive from rmt0
cpio -ivt < /dev/rmt0
List the contents of cpio archive from rmt0
cpio -icvd < /dev/rmt0 /home
Restores /home directory from rmt0
tar -cvf /dev/rmt0
/home
Archives /home to rmt0 device
tar -tvf /dev/rmt0
List the archives in rmt0
tar -xvf /dev/rmt0 /home
Extract /home from rmt0
dd if=si of=si1 conv=ebcdic
Convert and copy ascii file si to ebcdic si1
dd if=/dev/rmt0 ibs=512 obs=1024 of=/dev/rmt1
To copy blocks from rmt0 with 512 blocks to rmt1 with 1024
blocks
tctl -f /dev/rmt0 rewind
To rewind the tape
tctl -f /dev/rmt0 offline
To eject the tape
tctl -f /dev/rmt0 status
To show the status of tape
chdev -l rmt0 -a block_size=512
To change the block size of the tape to 512

Print commands
qchk -q
qchk -P lp0
qchk -# 123
qchk -A

To display the default q

To display the status of the printer lp0
To display the status of job number 123
To display the status of all queues
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qcan -x 123
qcan -X -P lp0
qpri -#570 -a 25
qhld # 569
qhld -r -#569
qmov -m lpa -#11
enable psq
disable psq
cancel -#111
lpstat
lpstat -p lp0
lpstat -u root
lpq -P lp0
last
last |grep shutdown
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To cancel the print job 123
To cancel all jobs submitted to lp0
To change the priority of the job to 25
To hold the job 569
To remove holding from 569
To move the job 11 to queue lpa
To enable queue psq
To disable queue psq
To cancel job 111
To display the status all queues
To display the status of print queue lp0
To display the jobs submitted by user root
To display the status of queue lp0
To list all the records in the /var/adm/wtmp file
To show the shutdown sessions
To show how long the system has been up

Licensing commands
oslevel
lslicense
chlicense -u30
chlicense -f on

To list the operating system level

To see the number of license
To change the fixed user license to 30
To enable floating user license

User commands
id
id -gn
id -Gn
lsuser root
lsuser ALL
lsuser -a HOME ALL
lsuser -a ALL
lsuser -a auth1 auth2 ALL
lsuser -a expires ALL
lsuser -a account_locked ALL
chuser -a login=true san
chuser -a rlogin=true san
mkuser si
mkuser su=false
si
rmuser si
rmuser -p si
who
who /var/adm/wtmp
who -r
who am i /who -m
mkgroup dcm
chgroup users=u1,u2,u3 dcm

To list all system identifications for current user

To list the default group for current user
To list all system groups for current user
To list the attribute of user root
To list the attributes of all users
To list the home directory of all users
To list all usernames
To list the authentication method for all users
To list expiry date
To check account lock status of all users
To enable the user san
Enable san to login remotely
Creates user si with default values in
/usr/lib/security/mkuser.defalault
Create user si without su facility
To remove user si
To remove user si and his all attributes
List users with tty nos and ip numbers
Lists history of login logout system startup and shutdowns
To list the run level
To list the current user
To create the group dcm
To add users u1 u2 and u3 to dcm group

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rmgroup dcm
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To delete the group dcm
To change the authentication methods

Subsystem Commands
lssrc a
lssrc -h node1 -a
lssrc -s kadmind
lssrc -g tcpip
mkssys
rmssys -s kerberos
chssys -s kerb -s kad
startsrc -s kadmin
startsrc -g tcpip
stopsrc -s kadmin
stopsrc -g tcpip
refresh -s nfsd
refresh -g tcpip

To list the status of all subsystems

To list the status of all subsystems on foreign host node1
To list the status of the subsystem kadmind
To get the status of the subsystem group tcpip
To add a subsystem
To remove the subsystem kerberos
To rename the subsystem kerb to kad
To start the subsystem kadmin
To start the subsystem group tcpip
To stop the subsystem kadmin
To stop the subsystem group tcpip
To refresh nfsd subsystem
To refresh tcpip subsystem group

Scheduling commands
crontab -l
crontab -e
crontab -l > /si
crontab -r
crontab -v
/var/adm/cron/cron.allow
/var/adm/cron/cron.deny
at -l
at -r root.dfjdhjdh.21
/var/adm/cron/at.allow
/var/adm/cron/at.deny
batch
atq joe

To list the crontab entries

To edit the crontab entries
To copies the entries of crontab to /si file
To remove all crontab entries
To list the submission time
File containing users who allowed cron service
File containing users denied cron service
To list the jobs scheduled via at command
To remove the scheduled job root.dfjdhjdh.21
File containing users who allowed at service
File containing users denied at service
To run the command when the system load permits
To list all the jobs submitted by user joe

ODM Commands
odmget sm_menu_opt
To get the objects from class sm_menu_opt
odmget -q "id=licenses" sm_menu_opt
To list objects that matches query id=licenses from object
sm_menu_opt
odmdelete -o sm_menu_opt -q "id=licenses"
To delete the entries from class sm_menu_opt which agrees the
query id=licenses
odmshow sm_menu_opt
To show the object class definition
odmdrop -o sm_menu_opt
To drop sm_menu_opt object class
odmchange -o sm_menu_opt -q "id=licenses" file1
To change the attributes from file1

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errpt
To display complete summary of report
errpt -a
To list complete detailed report
errpt -d H
To list all hardware related errors
errpt -d S
To list all software related errors
errpt -a -j 34564423
To list detailed error report of error id 34564423
chitab tty002:23:respawn:/usr/sbin/getty /dev/tty
To enter the entry tty002:23:respawn:/usr/sbin/getty /dev/tty in
inittab
lssrc -g portmap
To start tcpip

HACMP Commands
logs
/tmp/hacmp.out
Detailed event script output logged in 7 day rolling history
/var/adm/cluster.log
High level view of cluster events (No clean up on this file)
/usr/sbin/cluster/history/cluster.mmdd
Day by day view of cluster events. (one file / day of
month)
/tmp/cm.log
Clstrmgr messages
/tmp/cspoc.log
Output from C-SPOC commands (similar to smit.log)
/tmp/emuhacmp.out
Output from event emulation
rdist -b -f /etc/disfile1
To distribute the files in disfile1 to all nodes in disfile1 in binary
mode
Sample entry for disfile1
HOSTS = ( root@node1 root@node3 )
FILES = ( /etc/passwd /etc/security/passwd)
${FILES} -> ${HOSTS}
clstart -m -s -b -i -l

clstop -g -N
clstop -gr -N
cldare -t
cldare -t -f
cldare -r
cldare -r -f

To start cluster daemons (m-clstrmgr, s-clsmuxpd,

b-broadcast message, -i-clinfo, -l cllockd)
To force shutdown cluster immediately without releasing
resources
To do graceful shutdown immediately with no takeover
To do graceful shutdown immediately with takeover
To sync the cluster toplogy
To do the mock sync of topology
To sync the cluster resources
To do the mock sync of resources

clverify

cluster verification utility

cllscf
cllsclstr
cllsnode
cllsnode -i node1
cllsdisk -g shrg
cllsnw

To list clustur topology information

To list the name and security level of the cluster
To list the info about the cluster nodes
To list info about node1
To list the PVID of the shared hard disk for resource group shrg
To list all cluster networks

clstop -f -N

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cllsnw -n ether1
cllsif
cllsif -n node1_service
cllsvg
cllsvg -g sh1
cllslv
cllslv -g sh1
cllsdisk -g sh1
cllsfs
cllsfs -g sh1
cllsnim
cllsnim -n ether
cllsparam -n node1
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To list the details of network ether1
To list the details by network adapter
To list the details of network adapter node1_service
To list the shared vgs which can be accessed by all nodes
To list the shared vgs in resource group sh1
To list the shared lvs
To list the shared lvs in the resource group sh1
To list the PVID of disks in the resource group sh1
To list the shared file systems
To list the shared file systems in the resource group sh1
Show info about all network modules
Show info about ether network module
To list the runtime parameters for the node node1
To list all the application servers

claddclstr -i 3 -n dcm
To add a cluster definition with name dcm and id 3
claddnode
To add an adapter
claddnim
To add network interface module
claddgrp -g sh1 -r cascading -n n1 n2 To create resource group sh1 with nodes n1,n2 in cascade
claddserv -s ser1 -b /usr/start -e /usr/stop
Creates an application server ser1 with startscript as
/usr/start and stop script as /usr/stop
clchclstr
-i 2 -n dcmds
To change cluster definitions name to dcmds and id to 2
clchclstr -s enhanced
To change the clustur security to enhanced
clchnode
To change the adapter parameters
clchgrp
To change the resource group name or node relationship
clchparam
To change the run time parameters (like verbose logging)
clchserv
To change the name of app. server or change the start/end
scripts
clrmclstr
clrmgrp -g sh1
clrmnim
ether
clrmnode -n node1
clrmnode -a node1_svc
clrmres -g sh1
clrmserv app1
clrmserv ALL

To remove the cluster definition

To delete the resource group sh1 and related resources
To remove the network interface module ether
To remove the node node1
To remove the adapter named node1_svc
To remove all resources from resource group sh1
To remove the application server app1
To remove all applicaion servers

clgetactivenodes -n node1

To list the nodes with active cluster manager processes from

cluster manager on node node1
clgetaddr node1
returns a pingable address from node node1
clgetgrp -g sh1
To list the info about resource group sh1
clgetgrp -g sh1 -f nodes
To list the participating nodes in the resource group sh1
clgetif
To list interface name/interface device name/netmask associated
with a specified ip label / ip address of a specific node
clgetip sh1
To get the ip label associated to the resource group
clgetnet 193.9.200.2 255.255.255.0 To list the network for ip 193.9.200.2, netmask 255.255.255.0
clgetvg -l nodelv
To list the VG of LV nodelv
cllistlogs
To list the logs
clnodename -a node5

To add node5 to the cluster

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clnodename -o node5 -n node3

clshowres
clfindres
xclconfig
xhacmpm
xclstat

To change the cluster node name node5 to node3

Lists resources defined for all resource group
To find the resource group within a cluster
X utility for cluster configuration
X utility for hacmp management
X utility for cluster status

SP Commands
Daemons
hats
hags
haem
hr
pman

Topology services
hatsd
Group services
hagsd
Event management haemd
Host responds
hrd
Problem management pmand,pmanrmd

kadmind

kerberos
kpropd
hardmon

install_cw

setup_authent

( /usr/sbin/rsct/bin/hatsctrl script)
(/usr/sbin/rsct/bin/hagsctrl script)
(/usr/sbin/rsct/bin/haemctrl script)
(/usr/sbin/rsct/bin/hrctrl script)
(/usr/sbin/rsct/bin/pmanctrl script)

The authentication database daemon for password changing and administration

tools Listens port 751. It checks acl files admin.acl.(get,mod,add) in
/var/kerberos/database /.k file for master key and
/var/kerberos/databse/pricipal.pag, pricipal.dir for authentication
database.
Daemon that provides authentication services & ticket granting ticket for
clients.
Daemon to receive update for a secondary database server
Daemon that monitors and controls the state of SP hardware
It checks acl file /spdata/sys1/spmon/hmacls

To complete PSSP installation on cws

(Installs PSSP programs for SMIT panels
Starts and configures SDR
Sets node number 0 for cws in ODM
Creates hmacls file with rood.admin entry in
Starts and configure PSSP daemons
Configures default partition)
To setup workstation as SP authentication server
(Creates /etc/krb.conf, /etc/krb.realms files
Creates authentication database using kdb_edit command
Create master key file /.k using kstash command
Adds kadmin and kerberos to inittab file and starts them
Define initial auth. admin (eg:- root.admin) using kdb_edit command
Creates Kerberos ACLS (admin_acl.get,mod,add files)
Execute kinit for root.admin and creates local service principals
(hardmon.cws, rcmd.cws)
Creates /.klogin file and add admin principal to it

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Creates /etc/krb-srvtab file using ext_srvtab command)
To setup CWS as BIS

splst_versions -G -t
spmon_ctest
spmon_itest
SYSMAN_test
CSS_test

To check the PSSP versions in all nodes

To verify system monitor configured properly
To verify system monitor installed properly & operational
To verify the system management component
To verify communication subsystem

SDR_test -l si
SDRListClasses
SDRArchive si

To verify SDR and logs the errors in file si

To list the class name in the SDR
To backup SDR in the directory /spdata/sys1/sdr/archives with name
backup.<year><Julian day>.<hour><minute>.si
sprestore_config backup.<year><Julian day>.<hour><minute>.si
To restore SDR and partion sensitive subsystems
SDRGetObjects Syspar
To get the system partition info
SDRGetObjects syspar_map To get the system partition map (with node info)
SDRGetObjects Adapter node_number netaddr
To get the node number and net address in the Adapter class
SDRDeleteObjects Adapter netaddr==193.9.200.227
To delete class Adapter with netaddr value 193.9.200.227
SDRChangeAttrValues Node node_number==9 bootp_response==install
To change the boot response as install on node with node number 9
SDRWhoHasLock <class_name> Returns the transaction ID of a lock on a specified class
SDRClearLock <class_name>
To unlock an SDR class
syspar_ctrl -G -A
syspar_ctrl -G -D
syspar_ctrl -R
syspar_ctrl -E
syspar_ctrl -s
syspar_ctrl -k
syspar_ctrl -r

To add and restart all system partition sub systems

To stop and delete all system partition sub systems
To restore all system partition sub systems in current partition
To list all system partition sub systems
To start all system partition sub systems in current partition
To stop all system partition sub systems in current partition
To refresh all system partition sub systems in current partition

ngcreate
-s 1:1 si
ngcreate -n 1 2 3 si
ngcreate -N ng1,ng2 si
ngcreate -w n1,n2 si
ngcreate -ae n1,n2 si

To create node group si with 1st node in 1st frame

To create node group si with 1st 2nd and 3rd nodes
To create node group si with node groups ng1 and ng2
To create node group si with host name n1 and n2
To create node group si with all nodes in the current partition
excluding hosts n1 and n2

nglist
nglist -G
ngfind si
ngnew si1 si2 si3
ngnew -G si1 si2 si3
ngresolve -G -n si

To list node groups in current partition

To list node groups globally
To find all node groups which contain node group si
To create 3 node groups with names si1 si2 and si3
To create 3 node groups globally with names si1 si2 and si3
To resolve the nodes in the node group si as node numbers
with global option
To resolve the nodes in the node group si as fully qualified
host name

ngresolve -w si

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ngclean -Ga
ngaddto si 1 2
ngaddto si 1 2 ng1
ngdelfrom si 1 2
ngdelfrom si 1 2 ng1

To resolve the nodes in the node group si as fully qualified

ip address
To remove node groups si and si1
To remove node group si but leave entries in other node groups
which is having the entries in it
To clean up all node groups
To add nodes 1 and 2 to the existing node group si
To add nodes 1,2 and node group ng1 to node group si
To remove nodes 1 and 2 from node group si
To remove nodes 1, 2 and node group ng1 from node group si

spled -G
spled or spmon -L

To display leds of nodes in a multi partition system

To display leds of nodes in the current partion

spmon -p off frame2/node3

spmon -p on frame2/node3
spmon -G -p on frame2/node3
spmon -k service /frame2/node3
spmon -p off frame1
spmon -K frame1/node1
spmon -reset frame1/node1
spmon -open frame1/node1
spmon -d
spmon -G -d

To power off node3 in frame 2

To power on node 3 in frame 2
To power on node3/frame 2 if it is outside current partition
To change the key settings to service
To power off frame1
To see the key settings of frame1/node1
To reset
To open a tty on frame1/node1==(s1term -w 1 1)
To run the diag in the current partition
To run the diag globally

hmmon -V 1:1
hmmon -Q -s 1:1
hmmon -q -s 1:1

Displays a descriptive list of symbolic variable names

Displays the state of node1 in frame 1 and exists
Displays and monitors continuously

hmreinit

To stop and restart hardmon

hmcmds -G off all

hmcmds -G off 1:3
hmcmds -G on 1:3
hmcmds -v -G boot_supervisor 1:1

To power off all hardware

To power off slot 3 in frame 1
To power on slot 3 in frame 1
To reset the power of node_supervisor card on slot 1 frame 1
(Use full to close the opened ttys on nodes)
To change the key in secure mode for slot 2 in frame 1 2 and 3
Perform sync reset. To clear the switch errors
Perform sync reset and do self test of switch chips

ngdelete si si1
ngdelete -u si

hmcmds secure l 1-3:2

hmcmds -v synch_reset
hmcmds -v power_on_reset
cstartup -G all
cstartup -N 1 2 4-8
cstartup -g si
cstartup -GZ all
cstartup -k all
cstartup -E all

To startup all nodes globally

To startup nodes 1,2 and 4 to 8
To startup node group si
To startup all nodes. With Z it will restart the nodes which are
already running (otherwise command will exit)
To verify the startup with sequence file (StartSeq)
To startup all nodes ignoring the sequence file

cshutdown -F node1

To shutdown node1 immediately

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cshutdown -h node1
cshutdown -g si
cshutdown -G -N 1 3 4-7
cshutdown -X -N 1 2 3

To halt the node node1

To shutdown the nodes in the node group si
To shutdown nodes 1 3 and 4 to 7 regardless partition
To shutdown nodes 1 2 and 3 ignoring sequence file

hostlist -av
hostlist -avd
hostlist -dw node1
hostlist -N si
hostlist -s 1-4:4

To list sp host name which is active

To list the hosts in ipaddress which are active
Returns the ip of the node node1
List the host names in the node group si
List the hostname of the node in 4th slot in frames 1-4

nodecond -n 1 1
nodecond 1 1

To get the ehternet address of the node 1 in frame 1

To network boot the node 1 in frame 1

splstdata -h
splstdata -i
splstdata -v
splstdata -t
splstdata -b
splstdata -n
splstdata -s
splstdata -d
splstdata -p
splstdata -e
amd_config
Efence
Efence 193.9.1.2 193.9.1.5
Efence node1 node3
Efence -autojoin node1

To list the hardware info (equivalent to lscfg )

To list the network adapter data (equivalent to netstat -in)
To list VG info on nodes
To list extension node config
To list boot install info
To list node information
To list node switch information
To list file system info (equivalent to df)
To list SP partition info
To list the sp environment variables like ntp_config,
To display all nodes fenced
To fence nodes with ips 193.9.1.2 and 3
To fence nodes node1 and node3
To fence out but will unfence it after reboot

Eunfence 193.9.1.2 193.9.1.5

Eunfence node1 node3

To unfence nodes with ips 193.9.1.2 and 3

To unfence nodes node1 and node3

Estart
Estart -autounfence -0

To start sp switch
To start sp switch and turn off autounfence feature
(1 for autounfence enabled)

Eunpartition

To prepare a system partition for repartitioning

delnimclient -l 1 2 3

mknimmast -l 1 17 33

To delete nim client definition for nodes 1 2 and 3 from NIM

master
To make node 1 2 and 3 as NIM clients
To unconfigure nodes 1 17 and 33 as NIM masters and remove
filesets
To make nodes 1 17 and 33 as NIM masters

lshacws

To list the status of the CWS

ntpdate 90.1.2.1

Sets date and time by enquiring ntp server 90.1.2.1

mknimclient -l 1 2 3
delnimmast -l 1 17 33

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spbootlist -l 1 2

To set the bootlist on nodes 1 and 2

nodecond 1 4
nodecond -n 1 4
sphrdwrad 1 3 2

To network boot the node 4 in frame 1

To fetch the ethernet address of node 4 in frame 1
To fetch mac address for node 3 and 4 in frame 1

setup_authent
kdb_destroy
create_krb_files
ext_srvtab -n node1
ext_srvtab -n SPbgAdm
spsetauth -d k4 std
chauthpar k4 std

To setup a cws to use kerberos authentication

To destroy the kerberos database
Searches for nodes in install/Customise mode and create krbsrvtab file for those nodes. (Creates in tftpboot directory of
CWS.)
To extract service key files from the database for instance node1
To extract service key files from the database for instance
SPbgAdm
(Creates in the present directory with name <instance>-new-srvtab)
To set the authentication methods as k4 and standard
To change the authentication methods as k4 and std

kpasswd

To change the kerberos principals password

lsauthent

To list the authentication table

k4init siju
k4init -v siju
k4init -i siju
k4init -r siju
k4init -l siju

To get the kerberos ticket for principal siju

To get the same as above but give verbose output
To get the same but the machine will ask for the instance
To get the same for a different realm (U can specify realm)
To get the same for the life time in minutes which u specify

rcmdtgt
node

To obtain a maximum life time ticket for rcmd services on local

k4list
k4list -srvtab
chkp -l 6 siju
chkp -e 2001-5-23 siju

To list the ticket cache and principals name

To list the contents of the server key file
To change the life time of the principal siju to 30 minutes (6 x
5)
To change the expiry date of principal siju to 2001 may 23

lskp -p
lskp -s
lskp -c
lskp siju abc

To list the predefined kerberos principals

To list the kerberos service principals
To list the kerberos client principals
To list the principals of siju and abc

rmkp siju
rmkp -n siju

To remove the principal siju

To remove the principal siju without prompting for
confirmation
To remove the principal with verbose output
To change the attributes of the kerberos principals
To avoid asking master key and get it from .k file
To backup the kerberos database to si.bak file

rmkp -v siju
kdb_edit
kdb_edit -n
kdb_util dump /si.bak

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kdb_util load /si.bak
kdb_util new_master_key
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kadmin ank
kadmin cpw
kadmin cap
kadmin get
kadmin dest

To restore the kerberos database from file si.bak.

To change the master key
To add,delete,see,change password,change admin passwd of
kerberose
To add a new kerberos principal
To change the password of a principal
To change admin password
To get the details of a principal
To destroy admin ticket

kstash

To save the master key in the .k file

kdb_init

To initialize the kerberos system

ksrvutil list
ksrvutil -f /etc/srvtab.bak list
ksrvutil change
ksrvutil delete
ksrvutil -f /etc/srvtab.bak delete
spacs_cntrl block user1
spacs_cntrl unblock user1
spacs_cntrl deny user1
spacs_cntrl allow user1
spacs_cntrl -f /tmp/si deny
cw_allowed
cw_restrict_login

To list the principals and version number in the server key file
To list the principals in the file /etc/srvtab.bak
To change the key version in the default srvtab file
To delete the keys in the /etc/krb-srvtab file
To delete the keys in the /etc/srvtab.bak file
To block user1 on the node
To unblock user1
To deny user1
To allow user1
To deny the list of the users in the file /tmp/si
List of users to be allowed to login to CWS
Script which will deny user to login to cws and allow them to
change the passwd (files are /usr/lpp/ssp/config/admin
directory and entry for second file will be in /etc/profile file)

spmkuser id=1234 pgrp=system groups=system,bin home=node1:/home/siju siju

To create SP user siju with id 1234, primary groups system,
secondary groups system,bin and home directory home/siju of
node1
sprmuser -ipr siju
To remove the SP user siju (I for interactive, p for removing
info from passwd file and r for removing the home directory)
splsuser -c siju
splsuser -f siju

To list the attributes of sp user siju in column format

To list the attributes of sp user siju in stanza format

spchuser groups=dev,system sh=/bin/ksh siju

To change the shell to ksh and secondary groups to dev,
system of SP user siju
supper -v
To go to the supper prompt in verbose mode
supper update
To update all file collections
supper status
To see the status of the file collections
supper when
To list when last updation occured
supper where
To show current servers for updation
supper log
To show summary of last or current updation
supper rlog
To show the details of last of current updation
supper file user.admin
To list the files in the file collection user.admin
supper install siju
To install the file collection siju
supper remove siju
To remove file collection siju
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To update file collection user.admin
To show the diskspace and current VG

Procedure to Build a file collection with name siju for files in

/home/siju
1) go to /var/sysman/sup
2) create dir siju
3) change ownership and group of siju to bin
4) copy contents of /var/sysman/sup/user.admin to siju
5) edit list file for including and omitting files in /home/siju directory
It should contains entry like the following
symlinkall
upgrade ./home/siju
omit ./home/siju/abc
omitany ./home/siju/s*
6) Add a symbolic link to siju file in lists directory to list in siju directory
ie ln -s /var/sysman/sup/siju/list /var/sysman/sup/lists/siju
7) Update /var/sysman/file.collections file with following entry
primary siju - / - / EDO power no
8) Update sup.admin file collection to reflect the changes made to file.collections
dsh -av supper update sup.admin
9) Install file collection siju in the nodes
dsh -av supper install siju

sysctld
/etc/sysctl.conf

Sysctl server daemon

Sysctl configuration file

setauth -cmd svcconnect NONE

To allow non kerberos users to execute sysctl commands
(Entry in sysctl.conf file)
setauth -cmd pdf {ACL /etc/si.acl} To change the acl file for pdf command to /etc/si.acl
(Entry in sysctl.conf file)
/etc/sysctl.acl

Default acl file for sysctl

sysctl -h node1
Opens a sysctl command interface for node node1
sysctl -h node1 aclcheck siju
To check entry for siju in the default acl file (sysctl.acl)
sysctl -h node1 -f /etc/si.acl siju
To check entry for siju in the acl file /etc/si.acl
sysctl -h node1 info commands
To list the authorized commands for the current principal
sysctl -h node1 acladd -p siju
To add the principal siju to the default ACL file
sysctl -h node1 -f /etc/si.acl acladd -p siju
To add the principal siju to /etc/si.acl ACL file
sysctl -h node1 acldelete -p siju
To delete the principal siju to the default ACL file
sysctl -h node1 -f /etc/si.acl acldelete -p siju
To delete the principal siju to /etc/si.acl ACL file

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sysctl -h node1 acllist

To list the entries in the default acl file
sysctl -h node1 -f /etc/si.acl acllist To list the entries in /etc/si.acl file
sysctl -h node1 aclcreate -p root.admin -p siju -f /etc/si.acl
To create acl file /etc/si.acl with the entries root.admin and siju
sysctl -h node1 checkauth -cmd pdf
To check authorization for command pdf for the current user
sysctl -h node1 confadd include /etc/si.acl
To include the acl file si.acl in the sysctl.conf file
sysctl -h node1 confdelete include /etc/si.acl
To remove the acl file si.acl from sysctl.conf file
sysctl -h node1 svcrestart
To restart the sysctld daemon on node node1

Steps to create a Syctl application

Task :- User siju (kerberos principal siju.adm) should get the permission to start a subsystem by
executing the command substart. Permission should not be given to other users.
1)

Create the client application substart in /usr/bin directory of cws with following contents
if [ $# -gt 2 ]
then echo "Arguments exceed the limit"
exit 1
fi
/usr/lpp/ssp/bin/hostlist -n $1 | /usr/bin/sysctl -c - substart_proc $2
In the above script if condition will check for the number of arguments and execute procedure
on corresponding host

2)

Change the mode to executable

chmod 755 /usr/bin/substart

3)

Create server application substart.tcl with a procedure substart_proc with following contents
create proc substart_proc {SubSystem} AUTH {
global SCUSER
if [ aclcheck -f /etc/substart.acl $SCUSER ] {
exec /etc/substart.srv $SubSystem
return
}
}
if condition in the above example checks for kerberos user in the acl file /etc/substart.acl
If the condition is true it execute the command /etc/substart.srv with arguments passed by
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startsrc -s $2
This script execute the command startsrc with the argument passed by the substart command

5)

Change the mode to executable

chmod 755 /etc/substart.srv

6)

Create acl file substart.acl with the entry for user siju
#acl#
_PRINCIPAL siju.adm@CWS

7)

Add the application to the sysctl by adding following line to sysctl.conf file
include /etc/substart.tcl

8)

Distribute the files to all nodes

pcp -av /usr/bin/substart
pcp -av /etc/substart.tcl
pcp -av /etc/substart.srv
pcp -av /etc/substart.acl
pcp -av /etc/sysctl.conf

9)

Restart the sysctld daemon to get the new information on cws and on all nodes

10)

Get the kerberos ticket for user siju and execute following command
substart 3 lpd
This should start the lpd daemon on node 3

11)

Try the above command with any other kerberos ticket. Result should be negative

NIM Commands
nimconfig -a pif_name=en0 -a netname=net1
To initialise the NIM master with network name net1
nimconfig -r
To rebuild /etc/niminfo file which contains the variables for NIM
nim -o define -t lpp_source -a source=/dev/cd0 -a server=master -a
location=/export/lpp_source/lpp_source1 lpp_source1

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To define lpp_source1 image in /export/lpp_source/lpp_source directory from
source cd0

nim -o define -t mksysb -a server=master -a location=/resources/mksysb.image mksysb1

To define mksysb resource mksysb1, from source /resources/mksysb.image on
master
nim -o remove inst_resource
To remove the resource inst_resource
nim -o check lpp_source1
To check the status of lpp_source lpp_source1
nim -o allocate -a spot=spot1 -a lpp_source=lpp_source1 node1
To allocate the resources spot1 and lpp_source1 to the the client node1
nim -o bos_inst node1
To initialise NIM for the BOS installation on node1 with the allocated
resources
nim -o dkls_init
dcmds
To initialize the machine dcmds as diskless operation
nim -o dtls_init dcmds
To initialize the machine dcmds for dataless operation
nim -o cust dcmds
To initialize the machine dcmds for customize operation
nim -o diag dcmds
To initialize the machine dcmds for diag operation
nim -o maint dcmds
To initialize the machine dcmds for maintenance operation
nim -o define -t standalone -a platform=rspc -a if1="net1 dcmds xxxxx" -a cable_type1=bnc dcmds
To define the machine dcmds as standalone with platform as rspc and network
as net1 with cable type bnc and mac address xxxxx
nim -o unconfig master
To unconfigure nim master master
nim -o allocate -a spot=spot1 dcmds
To allocate the resource spot1 from machine dcmds
nim -o deallocate -a spot=spot1 dcmds
To de allocate the resource spot1 from machine dcmds
nim -o remove dcmds
To remove machine dcmds after removing all resources associated to it
nim -o reboot dcmds
To reboot ther client dcmds
nim -o define -t lpp_source -a location=/software/lpp1 -a server=master -a source=/dev/cd0 lpp1
To define lppsource lpp1 on master at /software/lpp1 directory from source
device /dev/cd0
lsnim
To list the nim resources
lsnim -l dcmds
To list the detailed info about the object dcmds
lsnim -O dcmds
To list the operation dcmds object can support
lsnim -c resources dcmds
To list the resources allocated to the machine dcmds
nimclient
The client version of nim command (User can obtain same results of
nim in server )

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